KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Sudan on Thursday to celebrate the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called for the closing of migrant detention camps in Libya on Thursday, saying they were rife with torture and slavery.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he wants to see an end to the conflict in Libya and then talks between the two opposing sides to begin.

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria swore in Abdelmadjid Tebboune as president on Thursday as the Hirak protest movement debated its response to his offer of dialogue to end a months-long political crisis.

Dec 19 (Reuters) - AngloGold Ashanti said on Thursday it expected its Obuasi gold mine in Ghana to produce at a rate of 2,000 tonnes per day in 2020, after achieving its first pour of gold since it was suspended five years ago.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former managers from South Africa's troubled state-run power firm Eskom have been arrested, a spokesman for the elite police unit the Hawks said on Thursday. An Eskom spokeswoman said she was not aware of the arrests.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A fire struck South Africa's second biggest power station on Wednesday, interrupting coal delivery to the 4,000 megawatt Majuba plant, state utility Eskom said.

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Boko Haram militants killed 14 Chadian civilians and wounded five others in an overnight attack on a fishermens' camp in the northeastern part of Lake Chad, a local official said on Wednesday.